Unable to Download AnKing STEP 1 deck with newest Anki update

Before the error happened, I was…
What the title says. Here is the error message

Anki 24.11 (87ccd24e) (ao)
Python 3.9.18 Qt 6.6.2 PyQt 6.6.1
Platform: macOS-15.2-arm64-arm-64bit

Traceback (most recent call last):

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/ankihub_client/ankihub_client.py”, line 256, in _send_request_with_retry
response = self._send_request_with_retry_inner(

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/lib/tenacity/init.py”, line 289, in wrapped_f
return self(f, *args, **kw)

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/lib/tenacity/init.py”, line 379, in call
do = self.iter(retry_state=retry_state)

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/lib/tenacity/init.py”, line 326, in iter
raise retry_exc from fut.exception()

tenacity.RetryError: RetryError[<Future at 0x11187ccd0 state=finished raised SSLError>]

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/ankihub_client/ankihub_client.py”, line 264, in _send_request_with_retry
response = last_attempt.result()

File “concurrent.futures._base”, line 439, in result

File “concurrent.futures._base”, line 391, in __get_result

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/lib/tenacity/init.py”, line 382, in call
result = fn(*args, **kwargs)

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/ankihub_client/ankihub_client.py”, line 277, in _send_request_with_retry_inner
return self.thread_local_session.get().send(

File “requests.sessions”, line 703, in send

File “requests.adapters”, line 698, in send

requests.exceptions.SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host=‘ankihub.s3.amazonaws.com’, port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /deck_2fb041b2-1c29-4a81-a51a-31ee822984c8_notes.csv.gz?response-content-disposition=attachment&AWSAccessKeyId=AKIASSGURO7AU2A7QZOX&Signature=3cm2XBxV6fs9aCvpI6CKtbtgzp0%3D&Expires=1738071600 (Caused by SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, ‘[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1129)’)))

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/gui/operations/deck_installation.py”, line 168, in _download_and_install_decks_inner
_download_and_install_single_deck(

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/gui/operations/deck_installation.py”, line 197, in _download_and_install_single_deck
notes_data: List[NoteInfo] = AnkiHubClient().download_deck(

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/ankihub_client/ankihub_client.py”, line 662, in download_deck
s3_response_content = self._download_with_progress_cb(

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/ankihub_client/ankihub_client.py”, line 690, in _download_with_progress_cb
with self._send_request(“GET”, API.S3, s3_url_suffix, stream=True) as response:

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/ankihub_client/ankihub_client.py”, line 238, in _send_request
response = self._send_request_with_retry(

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/ankihub_client/ankihub_client.py”, line 266, in _send_request_with_retry
raise AnkiHubRequestException(e) from e

1322529746.ankihub_client.ankihub_client.AnkiHubRequestException: AnkiHub request exception: HTTPSConnectionPool(host=‘ankihub.s3.amazonaws.com’, port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /deck_2fb041b2-1c29-4a81-a51a-31ee822984c8_notes.csv.gz?response-content-disposition=attachment&AWSAccessKeyId=AKIASSGURO7AU2A7QZOX&Signature=3cm2XBxV6fs9aCvpI6CKtbtgzp0%3D&Expires=1738071600 (Caused by SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, ‘[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1129)’)))

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File “aqt.taskman”, line 144, in _on_closures_pending

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/gui/menu.py”, line 334, in on_done
future.result()

File “concurrent.futures._base”, line 439, in result

File “concurrent.futures._base”, line 391, in __get_result

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/gui/operations/utils.py”, line 39, in wrapper
return func(*args, **kwargs)

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/gui/operations/ankihub_sync.py”, line 97, in _on_new_deck_subscriptions_done
future.result()

File “concurrent.futures._base”, line 439, in result

File “concurrent.futures._base”, line 391, in __get_result

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/gui/operations/utils.py”, line 39, in wrapper
return func(*args, **kwargs)

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/gui/operations/deck_installation.py”, line 85, in _on_install_done
import_results: List[AnkiHubImportResult] = future.result()

File “concurrent.futures._base”, line 439, in result

File “concurrent.futures._base”, line 391, in __get_result

File “concurrent.futures.thread”, line 58, in run

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/gui/operations/deck_installation.py”, line 71, in
task=lambda: _download_and_install_decks_inner(

File “/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/gui/operations/deck_installation.py”, line 187, in _download_and_install_decks_inner
raise exceptions[0]

1322529746.gui.exceptions.DeckDownloadAndInstallError: Error while downloading and installing deck 2fb041b2-1c29-4a81-a51a-31ee822984c8: AnkiHub request exception: HTTPSConnectionPool(host=‘ankihub.s3.amazonaws.com’, port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /deck_2fb041b2-1c29-4a81-a51a-31ee822984c8_notes.csv.gz?response-content-disposition=attachment&AWSAccessKeyId=AKIASSGURO7AU2A7QZOX&Signature=3cm2XBxV6fs9aCvpI6CKtbtgzp0%3D&Expires=1738071600 (Caused by SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, ‘[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1129)’)))

Error message (don't change this)
Anki 24.11 (87ccd24e)  (ao)
Python 3.9.18 Qt 6.6.2 PyQt 6.6.1
Platform: macOS-15.2-arm64-arm-64bit

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/ankihub_client/ankihub_client.py", line 256, in _send_request_with_retry
    response = self._send_request_with_retry_inner(

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/lib/tenacity/__init__.py", line 289, in wrapped_f
    return self(f, *args, **kw)

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/lib/tenacity/__init__.py", line 379, in __call__
    do = self.iter(retry_state=retry_state)

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/lib/tenacity/__init__.py", line 326, in iter
    raise retry_exc from fut.exception()

tenacity.RetryError: RetryError[<Future at 0x111194eb0 state=finished raised SSLError>]


During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:


Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/ankihub_client/ankihub_client.py", line 264, in _send_request_with_retry
    response = last_attempt.result()

  File "concurrent.futures._base", line 439, in result

  File "concurrent.futures._base", line 391, in __get_result

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/lib/tenacity/__init__.py", line 382, in __call__
    result = fn(*args, **kwargs)

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/ankihub_client/ankihub_client.py", line 277, in _send_request_with_retry_inner
    return self.thread_local_session.get().send(

  File "requests.sessions", line 703, in send

  File "requests.adapters", line 698, in send

requests.exceptions.SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='ankihub.s3.amazonaws.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /deck_2fb041b2-1c29-4a81-a51a-31ee822984c8_notes.csv.gz?response-content-disposition=attachment&AWSAccessKeyId=AKIASSGURO7AU2A7QZOX&Signature=osgW9N%2BYGUDDbFDUQc8lVY4jLVQ%3D&Expires=1738071528 (Caused by SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1129)')))


The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:


Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/gui/operations/deck_installation.py", line 168, in _download_and_install_decks_inner
    _download_and_install_single_deck(

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/gui/operations/deck_installation.py", line 197, in _download_and_install_single_deck
    notes_data: List[NoteInfo] = AnkiHubClient().download_deck(

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/ankihub_client/ankihub_client.py", line 662, in download_deck
    s3_response_content = self._download_with_progress_cb(

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/ankihub_client/ankihub_client.py", line 690, in _download_with_progress_cb
    with self._send_request("GET", API.S3, s3_url_suffix, stream=True) as response:

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/ankihub_client/ankihub_client.py", line 238, in _send_request
    response = self._send_request_with_retry(

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/ankihub_client/ankihub_client.py", line 266, in _send_request_with_retry
    raise AnkiHubRequestException(e) from e

1322529746.ankihub_client.ankihub_client.AnkiHubRequestException: AnkiHub request exception: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='ankihub.s3.amazonaws.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /deck_2fb041b2-1c29-4a81-a51a-31ee822984c8_notes.csv.gz?response-content-disposition=attachment&AWSAccessKeyId=AKIASSGURO7AU2A7QZOX&Signature=osgW9N%2BYGUDDbFDUQc8lVY4jLVQ%3D&Expires=1738071528 (Caused by SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1129)')))


The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:


Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "aqt.taskman", line 144, in _on_closures_pending

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/gui/menu.py", line 334, in on_done
    future.result()

  File "concurrent.futures._base", line 439, in result

  File "concurrent.futures._base", line 391, in __get_result

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/gui/operations/utils.py", line 39, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwargs)

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/gui/operations/ankihub_sync.py", line 97, in _on_new_deck_subscriptions_done
    future.result()

  File "concurrent.futures._base", line 439, in result

  File "concurrent.futures._base", line 391, in __get_result

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/gui/operations/utils.py", line 39, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwargs)

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/gui/operations/deck_installation.py", line 85, in _on_install_done
    import_results: List[AnkiHubImportResult] = future.result()

  File "concurrent.futures._base", line 439, in result

  File "concurrent.futures._base", line 391, in __get_result

  File "concurrent.futures.thread", line 58, in run

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/gui/operations/deck_installation.py", line 71, in <lambda>
    task=lambda: _download_and_install_decks_inner(

  File "/Users/ach87/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/1322529746/gui/operations/deck_installation.py", line 187, in _download_and_install_decks_inner
    raise exceptions[0]

1322529746.gui.exceptions.DeckDownloadAndInstallError: Error while downloading and installing deck 2fb041b2-1c29-4a81-a51a-31ee822984c8: AnkiHub request exception: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='ankihub.s3.amazonaws.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /deck_2fb041b2-1c29-4a81-a51a-31ee822984c8_notes.csv.gz?response-content-disposition=attachment&AWSAccessKeyId=AKIASSGURO7AU2A7QZOX&Signature=osgW9N%2BYGUDDbFDUQc8lVY4jLVQ%3D&Expires=1738071528 (Caused by SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1129)')))

Sentry link (for developers)

Hello,

This is a known issue with some macOS users.

Please try the following:

  1. Check your proxy settings: How do I fix this error! - #10 by cikedi2 1
  2. Try downgrading to Anki 23.12.1